Dr. Kumar Krishnan, MD

Dr. Krishnan practices at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, part of Mass General Brigham.

Dr. Krishnan's NPI, 1609085240, was assigned on May 21, 2007. Dr. Krishnan graduated from University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas in 2006. Dr. Krishnan holds Massachusetts license 272242.

Dr. Krishnan's primary practice is Massachusetts General Hospital, at 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114 in Suffolk County. The practice phone is (617) 726-2000.

Dr. Krishnan's primary practice is Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, part of Mass General Brigham. Dr. Krishnan is also affiliated with Brigham and Women's Hospital. The medical group on file is Massachusetts General Physicians Organization (MGPO). Dmand AI also links Dr. Krishnan to 2 more hospitals, 2 medical groups, 1 community health center and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Krishnan practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Gastroenterology is Dr. Krishnan's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Dmand AI has Dr. Krishnan's licenses on file in 3 states: Massachusetts, Illinois and Texas.

CMS data shows 737 Medicare services from Dr. Krishnan across 19 procedure codes in 2024, for 344 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $107,655 for them.

CMS counts 344 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Krishnan in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 151 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 15% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.82, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Krishnan's median patient age at 72, with 44% women.

In 2024, Dr. Krishnan wrote 218 Medicare Part D claims for 123 patients. 90% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 163 of them, across 8 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $34,173 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 172 claims across 8 drugs.

Dr. Krishnan accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Krishnan as offering telehealth. CMS counts 565 procedures of upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux by Dr. Krishnan, more than 99% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 63 papers to Dr. Krishnan, published from 2010 to 2024. 2020 was the busiest year, with 9. The most frequent topics are Endosonography, Gastroesophageal Reflux and Pancreatic Neoplasms. Dr. Krishnan has published most often in Gastrointest Endosc. Dr. Krishnan's most frequent co-authors are Arvind Julius Trindade, MD, Guru Vythia Ganapathy Trikudanathan, MD and Mansour A. Parsi, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 174 general payments to Dr. Krishnan from 22 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 70% of the total. Olympus Corporation of the Americas paid the most, $26,979.

Dr. Krishnan graduated from University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas in 2006.